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Playing by Heart
Directed by
Willard Carroll
1999
2h 1m
R
Comedy
,
Drama
,
Romance
6.9
60%
79%
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Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in Los Angeles.
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Cast of Playing by Heart
Gillian Anderson
Meredith
Ellen Burstyn
Mildred
Sean Connery
Paul
Anthony Edwards
Roger
Angelina Jolie
Joan
Jay Mohr
Mark
Ryan Phillippe
Keenan
Dennis Quaid
Hugh
Gena Rowlands
Hannah
Jon Stewart
Trent
Madeleine Stowe
Gracie
Patricia Clarkson
Allison
April Grace
Valery
Alec Mapa
Lana
Christian Mills
Phillip
Kellie Waymire
Jane
Tim Halligan
Cook Show Director
Michael Emerson
Bosco
John Patrick White
Pete
Amanda Peet
Amber
David Ferguson
Drag Queen
Joel McCrary
Drag Bar Bartender
Worthie Meacham
Second Drag Queen
Michael B. Silver
Max
Hal Landon Jr.
Actor 'Commissioner'
Marc Allen Lewis
Actor 'Harpagon'
Ron Boussom
Actor 'Jacques'
Daniel Chodos
Actor 'Anselme'
Mark Lewis
Waiter
Jim Abele
Doctor
Chris Conner
Harry
Marcus Printup
Trumpet Player
Larry Antonino
Bass Player
Tom Chuchvara
Drummer
Robert English
Saxophonist
Ryo Okumoto
Pianist
Hilary Duff
Extra (uncredited)
Nastassja Kinski
The Lawyer (uncredited)
Matt Malloy
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Marilyn Monrovia
Goth Clubgoer (uncredited)
Jeremy Sisto
Malcolm (uncredited)
David Clennon
Martin (uncredited)
Playing by Heart Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
[It's] n tune with the current trend toward movies that coddle the audience with reassuring sentiments.
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
Mushy yet funny and intelligent, the beautifully executed new film Playing by Heart is an ideal romantic comedy-drama for a winter afternoon.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
For all its artificiality, Playing by Heart percolates with an earnest charm.
Film Threat
Ron Wells
The brightest spot belongs to Angelina Jolie, who is so compelling to watch she has chemistry with the furniture.
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Dragan Antulov
Nothing more than merely watchable film.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A very slight and inoffensive movie. It's a lot like L.A. itself, all surface, soothing and warm.
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
Playing By Heart tries hard and sometimes succeeds -- and Jolie is terrific.
Austin Chronicle
Steve Davis
Everyone has his or her moment, although it is the older folks (Connery and Rowlands) and the youngsters (Jolie and Phillippe) who come off best, giving affecting performances in roles that serve as generational bookends in the film.
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Nick Davis
The dozen or so lead characters of Playing By Heart fear silence the way Biblical people feared locusts.
Variety
Lael Loewenstein
Carroll's characters spend so much time talking, albeit intelligently, that the connections they make seem peculiarly synthetic.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
This charming romantic comedy with a Los Angeles setting cuts between seemingly unconnected miniplots the way some Robert Altman movies do.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
If Playing by Heart is the kind of film that used to be known as a "woman's picture," it certainly provides more emotional nourishment than most other mainstream movies generate these days.
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
As a young scenemaker who keeps landing in one bad relationship after another, Jolie doesn't exactly avoid the pitfalls of the material she's given. But her performance is flabbergasting.
CNN.com
Paul Tatara
It's much more enjoyable than this sort of date-movie thing normally is, and that success can mostly be credited to the big names populating the film.
Film Quips Online
John R. McEwen
The lack of time gives the last reel a fakey, tied-up-with-a-bow feeling, but good performances and a good script make this an enjoyable little romance.
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